Note: use blood rage for frenzy charges. Focus more on attack speed and don't get point blank. Can grab frenzy nodes if you prefer

Bandit:

Life:

Oak/Kraiten/Alira

CI:

Kill/Kraiten/Alira

Ascendancy:

Noxious Strike --> Toxic --> Unstable --> Deadly

Gems:

ST - Added Chaos - Void - GMP - Faster Attacks - Crit damage/Pierce

Swap in slower proj for single target.

Note: Turns out pierce does more overall damage than crit damage and should be easier to colour on your cherry chest.

Gear used on uber atziri:

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Gear used on Shaper:

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FINAL update on the build:

I have finished this build and will not be upgrading/lvling any further. The build has more room to grow, but i think this is a very realistic lvl/gear one can obtain quite easily.

Gear:

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Note:
ST enchant damage is BIS helm enchant because it will double dip.

Gripped gloves with attack speed will be very good offensively.

Kaoms root allows us to run temp chains/chilled ground maps no problem and open strongboxes unid w/o "of heat" flask. Also gives us stun immunity for smoother face tanking bosses. Use eye of chayula if CI.

Can use vuln or enfeeble depending on the fight.
Use any auras you wish because all you need is disc.

LEVELING

I leveled with spectral throw until level 91 and the aoe clear speed was superior to BF. However the single target was an issue on guardians/shaper (even with point blank). So I respecced to BF for boss kills.

You can add in atziri's promise for 2% or vinktars for 20% or life leech boot enchants 0.5%

Why do you use Jaws of Agony weapon swap?

To generate power charges during down time or before boss
Fire trap + cluster + multi = 6 traps
So you have 6 25% chance to gain power charges

*Thanks to MoarPizza for the template*

2.6 FAQ

1. Can you DW mortem?

Yes you can. You get 15% more attack speed (DW innate bonus) and you can grab twin terro for more crit %. You lose HP and 15% block. If you are CI, then you lose CI shield. You also have to grab accuracy on gear.

2. Why duration nodes?

Increase poison duration (more multiplier), wither duration, spell totem duration, Vaal lightning trap duration and any vaal grace/disc/haste if you use any. More important for bosses and not for speed mapping.

3. Can you use another class?

Yes you can but you might have to use crit % gem and most likely have lower damage thus need better gear.

4. Can you use another weapon?

Yes, but you need another way to poison if you are ST. Snakebite, cospris will or pathfinder can work. If melee/BF you can use voidheart.

5. Why Gull?

Used it for lvling/budget life res helm with mini "HH" like effect to make mapping more enjoyable. There really isn't any upgrade besides getting the ST damage enchant.

6. I can't leech enough as CI. What am I doing wrong?

I tried CI with no hungry abyss on my char on standard. With just soul raker and blood drinker, I was able to out leech. You probably need more damage/gem level. Also use atziri's promise flask.

7. Do I need a 6link + ST enchant + 21/20 added chaos gem?

No, I did uber atziri/shaper and all guardians without those gear and on 5link. Check out the gears used on shaper/atziri gear. That is all you need.

8. Is cherry the best chest?

It is very good for a life build, but you can use belly or other chests if you want more life.

9. Why is damage so low despite x and y?

Make sure your gems are lvled esp added chaos.
Get added chaos to jeweleries from el 7 is possible.
Drop point blank if you are just mapping. Respec into it for bosses.
Make sure you use VLT and place wither totem in a strategic location.

10. Im having mana issues what am I doing wrong?

Grab +2 mana gain on hit jewel.
If lvling, use mana pot or thiefs torment/praxis ring. Drop down to 5link and use reduce mana if tabula.
Normally u run out of mana if u WB for a long time. Just run til u get 1 ST usage and u will be full mana.

Can vouch for this build, very simple/cheap-ish to gear and you can facetank a lot of dmg with the crazy leech.

I'm rly shit at the game (started this league) and I have been farming all breachstones besides chayula(too expensive lul) comfortably on a 5link. About 9k ES w discipline. Using power charge on crit instead of traps for charges tho because I'm lazy.

Will do some more testing vs other bosses/guardians when I can. Might be a bit slower for map clearing than some other BF variants but haven't ran into much issues so far and most bosses are really easy.

Thanks for posting the build OP. I've always wanted one for this claw. I started putting it together yesterday as I had a lvl 74 assassin sitting there waiting for some build direction after a change of plans. Enjoying it so far but still have a way to go to level.

For anyone wondering, that shield is actually really powerful in this build and feels like it adds a ton of damage. I'm slowly getting accuracy up but you certainly notice not having it. It isn't just a dodgy cheap filler item.

One quick question - with the rings you made in hc, was there a particular reason you chose that base? Was wondering if steel would be better for the extra bit of phys. Resists are always hard to argue with which I assume is your reasoning there.

Thanks for posting the build OP. I've always wanted one for this claw. I started putting it together yesterday as I had a lvl 74 assassin sitting there waiting for some build direction after a change of plans. Enjoying it so far but still have a way to go to level.

For anyone wondering, that shield is actually really powerful in this build and feels like it adds a ton of damage. I'm slowly getting accuracy up but you certainly notice not having it. It isn't just a dodgy cheap filler item.

One quick question - with the rings you made in hc, was there a particular reason you chose that base? Was wondering if steel would be better for the extra bit of phys. Resists are always hard to argue with which I assume is your reasoning there.

Fun (and powerful) build op, thanks for sharing it :)

Glad to hear you are enjoying it. Yes the shield is amazing and you can maybe drop it for es shield once u get enough acc in gear and some acc % in tree.

I chose resist rings because of resist and the availability i had on bhc. If you want more offensive ring probably diamoind envy crafted ring with a good suffix. Then tora 8, scour, multi and finish the 3 prefix.

Nice, I liked this build from what little I played of it. Lagged in dried lake and ripped all the qual gems so probably done with the league, but will probably use this as a league starter next league. The idea with using mortem was exactly what I was looking for to bridge the gap to making a multimod vagan dagger. When leveling do you initially path to duelist leach to not use a mana flask?